Hi all! I've been watching whatever Surviving Mars footage crops up here and there. I couldn't help but notice that one of the resources is called "concrete", which I assume/hope is a placeholder.
Though I have to ask: Are you looking at a scientifically grounded approach to the game, or eyeball it?
To me, it would make a lot more sense to consider using construction aggregates like concrete as an end product of a production chain, or at the very least handwave it with a production building that converts natural minerals into construction materials. A good natural resource would be quicklime, for instance (calcium carbonate), to create slaked lime, which would be perfect for a CO2 rich atmosphere like we find on Mars.
Also, I couldn't tell if this had been answered previously: Are resources really going to run out that quickly as could be seen on the gamescom demo? I'm very excited for the game, but I'm not sure how to suspend my disbelief that a relatively small colony could possibly deplete natural resources at such an alarming rate.
Though I have to ask: Are you looking at a scientifically grounded approach to the game, or eyeball it?
To me, it would make a lot more sense to consider using construction aggregates like concrete as an end product of a production chain, or at the very least handwave it with a production building that converts natural minerals into construction materials. A good natural resource would be quicklime, for instance (calcium carbonate), to create slaked lime, which would be perfect for a CO2 rich atmosphere like we find on Mars.
Also, I couldn't tell if this had been answered previously: Are resources really going to run out that quickly as could be seen on the gamescom demo? I'm very excited for the game, but I'm not sure how to suspend my disbelief that a relatively small colony could possibly deplete natural resources at such an alarming rate.